Commercial

InterBay adds refurb deal to range

InterBay Commercial has unveiled a 'term refurb' loan product to its key partners. Details are...

New SME credit and risk site launches

A new business website, www.check-business.co.uk, has been launched to give the small business community...

Shawbrook to offer new fixes next month

Shawbrook Bank has revealed it will launch fixed rate products across its commercial mortgage...

Funding Circle offers summer promotion

Funding Circle is offering a "double headed" summer giveaway for introducers. Every introducer has the...

Commercial property owners still losing out on millions

UK commercial property owners lost an estimated £28m in unclaimed tax relief in April,...

How bridging finance is supporting BTL growth

The buy to let sector continues to show significant growth, in direct correlation to...

Shawbrook posts profit and reveals acquisition

Shawbrook Bank has reported a pre-tax profit of £16.8m for the year ending 31st...

Acquisition of distressed assets gaining in popularity

A number of properties and loans coming on the market through insolvent zombie property...

P2P lender seeks new investors to fund growth

HNW Lending, the new peer-to-peer alternative lender that provides individual loans of between £60,000...

SMEs continue to mistrust financial institutions

Despite positive signs of the economic recovery continuing to gather momentum, information from the...

New associate member for ASTL

Robert Sterling Surveyors has become the Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) latest...

Rise in short-term loans for refurb

Property refurbishment projects have seen funding more than double in the last year, according...

How brokers can build a marketing campaign

I believe that marketing is best described as a vehicle with which to communicate...

United Trust Bank makes sales appointment

United Trust Bank has appointed Nick Warren as a business development manager in...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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